Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of it; they're lying awake night after night constructing dresses in their heads.

I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper.

I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later.

I was the first f****** hippy to enter this business, you know... I was one of the first girls to say I don't give a f*** about this whole supermodel thing.

I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since.

The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there's a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.

In modelling, there is no point in trying to prove you have a brain, so why even bother? I'd sooner save the energy for something more meaningful.

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

I believe food is the most brilliant invention ever.

I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world.

That wasn't love

Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.

We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security forces to defend a way of life.

Forget grammar and think about potatoes

Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.

Once you close down your laboratory, you can't just rev it up again if you're able to finally get a grant.

You don't have to be larger than life to be a hero, just larger than yourself.

People find a way in which they can say something.

Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.

Safety is the most basic task of all. Without sense of safety, no growth can take place. Without safety, all energy goes to defense